FLOODS LIKELY
HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH DOWNPOUR AT WHANGAREI I P*r Press *«iocafloo. ,| AUCKLAND, March 11. Continuous heavy rain set iu at Whangarei on Sunday night and continued falling steadily throughout the night- Steady rain again set in during the afternoon, increasing in intensity, until by evening a driving sheet of rain of great intensity was falling. An Clotworthy’s Elat, on the road between Whangarei and Gnerahi, the water was over the road at 9 p.m., and a car that came through then reported that the road would shortly be impassable. At Whakapara, the river was bank high, to-night, aud although there had been no flooding the indications were that if the rain continued the paddocks and roads would be under water. Farmers in districts liable *to flooding have in many case-'.* taken the precaution of remo\ing stock to higher levels. Reports from several other districts indicate that serious flooding will occur shortly unless the rain ceases.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 59, 12 March 1935, Page 6
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157FLOODS LIKELY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 59, 12 March 1935, Page 6
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